lāþ-bite

lāþ-bite, m.n: wound, literally ‘hostile bite’. (LAWTH-BIT-uh / ˈlaːθ-ˌbɪ-tə)

Medieval manuscript image of an amphisbaena, a winged two-headed serpent with two clawed feet; it has one head in the normal position and another at the end of its tail, and it is biting its own tail.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library MS. 24, f. 68v. [abdn.ac.uk]

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